# Lafayette Square

> Lafayette Square is a VC fund in New York backing Health Care and Medical. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 88%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lafayettesquare/about/
- Website: https://www.lafayettesquare.com/

Lafayette Square is a private credit firm that provides capital and strategic support to middle-market companies in working-class communities. It uses a data-informed, place-based approach to identify underserved markets and deploy lending through its LS Investments platform, while offering managerial support via its Worker Solutions® program toenhance employee well-being and retention. Lafayette Square integrates financial analytics with hands-on guidance to help portfolio businesses grow and sustain operations.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 24% |
| Medical | 3 | 18% |
| Consulting | 3 | 18% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 18% |
| Wellness | 2 | 12% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 9 | 53% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 12% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Damien Dwin | Founder & CEO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damien-dwin |
| Blair Badham | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blair-badham-ba76 |
| Caitlin McLaughlin | Chief People Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caitlin-mclaughlin-5929 |
| Onay Payne | Managing Director, Real Estate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onay-payne |
| Renée Beaumont | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ren%C3%A9e-beaumont |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Samaha and Associates | Samaha and Associates expertise in offering advisory, project management & business consultancy services for the financial institution. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| Scan-Optics | Scan-Optics digitizes, organizes, and optimizes your data so your people work smarter. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Patti's Good Life | Patti's Good Life is a prominent consumer packaged comfort food brand that specializes in traditional, southern-style food products. Their retail lineup features popular baked goods like sweet potato pies alongside packaged breakfast mixes, syrups, and frozen entrees. These items are manufactured for commercial distribution and sold nationwidethrough major grocery supermarket chains. |  |  | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Prime IV Hydration & Wellness | Prime IV Hydration & Wellness is a dynamic firm that specializes in offering a comprehensive range of IV therapy treatments. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Genuine Foods | We make scratch-made, wholesome, flavorful meals from fresh, whole ingredients served with an honest promise: With us, you’ll get real food, prepared by a dedicated team that delivers passion and purpose with every bite.We focus on fresh, scratch-made recipes because, as any tastebud will tell you, meals made with real ingredients just tastebetter. And when you start eating meals that taste good made by people that make you feel good, you want to eat more of them. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Port Jersey Logistics | Port Jersey Logistics offers six decades of experience with state-of-the-art systems and facilities to meet a broad range of logistics requirements. They are equipped to handle a wide array of products including consumer-packaged goods, specialty foods, food ingredients, health and personal care products, and alcoholic beverages. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Daida | Daida company provides business process services. They offer data capture, document scanning, data migration consulting, information management consulting, business process outsourcing, and image migration services. |  | Private Equity | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Capital City | Capital City's purpose is to give a tasty alternative to ketchup, share a flavor of Washington, D.C. with customers, and be the first choice for chefs across America looking to spice up their cuisine. |  | Debt Financing | Oct 09, 2024 |  |
| 160 Driving Academy | 160 Driving Academy is the largest truck driving institution. | $100M | Private Equity | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| MedLearning | MedLearning is a division of Ultimate Medical Academy, is a full-service accredited medical education company. Med Learning Group focuses on developing and implementing continuing education that improves healthcare practitioners’ ability to provide optimal care to their patients. Our goal is to provide high-quality education that is designed todeliver the highest level of outcomes for not only the practitioner but also the patient. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 11, 2024 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Citi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citi-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Autodesk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autodesk) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Meta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/facebook) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Meta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meta) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Morgan Stanley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-stanley) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Lafayette Square invest in?

Lafayette Square invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Consulting startups, most often at Debt Financing and Private Equity stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Lafayette Square?

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### Who are the partners at Lafayette Square?

The team at Lafayette Square includes Damien Dwin (Founder & CEO), Blair Badham (Managing Director) and Caitlin McLaughlin (Chief People Officer), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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